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...Increased inequality has led to greater polarisation in societies and support for authoritarian governments, according to Steiner....
...The capital costs and long lead times of Ocado’s automated warehouses have in the past limited their appeal to countries where high labour costs make in-store picking of grocery orders comparatively expensive...
...Steiner said this gave Ocado a long-term advantage against new competition such as Getir and Gorillas, which rely on couriers to pick from a limited range of items inside “micro” fulfilment centres....
...Sentenced to life with limited linguistic means, what would you do? Where would you spend your words — at work or at home?...
...More recently, grocery delivery start-ups such as Getir, Gorillas and Gopuff have appeared, offering very quick delivery of a limited range of products from small local warehouses....
...Inspired by the eponymous ancient Roman festival, the show conjures imagery of feasting and festivities, from Oriele Steiner’s dancing pub-goers (Shall We Get Another One?)...
...“The investigation is not entirely concluded, but suggests that there was a limited group of people globally who may have intended a profit steering to build some performance buffer,” Peter Steiner, head...
...“Matters of misconduct and misappropriation of funds continue to obstruct sustainable development across the world,” the donors said in March in the letter to Achim Steiner, the UNDP administrator since...
...And while the company has said its investigation is limited to the financial results of 2020 and 2021, it has also said it cannot rule out that there may be discrepancies dating back further....
...The group is planning to increase capital spending in 2021 but signalled that its ability to serve new customers in the UK would continue to be limited....
...“A patent is a limited-time monopoly to encourage investment in innovation....
...The longer-term challenge will be assessing how far behind pupils have fallen in their academic and emotional development and finding ways to rectify the problem with often limited resources....
...Limited visibility on potential profitability hasn’t hurt Ocado with its robot warehouse contracts. Nor has Ocado CEO Tim Steiner’s £54m bonus....
...Such tactics are not limited to the US. Lawyers elsewhere also report wrangling between couples over asset values and timing....
...This evolution has placated many of Ocado’s early critics, who were concerned by what they deemed a high-cost business model with limited growth prospects....
...It could also cause value shifts in the sovereign and municipal bond markets, since some countries and regions will struggle to cope with climate change on limited taxpayer resources....
...Tim Steiner, chief executive, firmly believes that more automation — eventually including self-driving delivery vans — will lower the cost further....
...Tim Steiner, Ocado’s chief executive, said this month that the grocery operation was “critical” to the group’s success and it was “not a non-core asset that we’re looking to dispose of”....
...That is potentially concerning for partner Ocado and comes hot on the heels of a high-value share sale from the Steiner Millennium Trust — a family trust of which Ocado boss Tim Steiner is a beneficiary...
...He also said that the loss of retail orders would be of limited relevance to those who value Ocado primarily as a technology company....
...At Ocado, one of 2018’s few success stories, Tim Steiner’s team need to show they can implement and profit from the series of technology deals announced over the past 18 months....
...Jeremy Thigpen, chief executive of rig operator Transocean, said last month the ultra-deepwater drilling market was “turning up”....
...At the same time Ted Baker has limited exposure to legacy bricks and mortar retail assets, leaving it well placed to manage structural sector headwinds including online in key markets (eg UK)....
...Space is limited and will be given on a first come, first served basis. Now, back to our show . . . Carlyle sells Getty Images Well that’s awkward....
...Ocado chief executive Tim Steiner highlighted the strong progress despite “limited growth” in the wider grocery market, with many companies’ margins under pressure thanks to growing competition....
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